Advanced location-based technologies and services / / edited by Hassan A. Karimi

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910416126203321
• Autore: Karimi Hassan A.
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Boca Raton, : CRC Press, : Taylor & Francis, 2013; Boca Raton : , : Taylor & Francis, , 2013
• ISBN: 1-000-21877-5; 0-429-09846-4; 1-4665-1819-7
• Edizione: [2nd ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (317 p.)
• Classificazione: MAT000000TEC036000TEC041000
• Altri autori (Persone): KarimiHassan A
• Disciplina: 910.285
• Soggetti: Location-based services
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
• Nota di contenuto: section 1. Techniques and technologies -- section 2. New trends -- section 3. Services.
• Sommario/riassunto: Since the publication of the first edition in 2004, advances in mobile devices, positioning sensors, WiFi fingerprinting, and wireless communications, among others, have paved the way for developing new and advanced location-based services (LBSs). This second edition provides up-to-date information on LBSs, including WiFi fingerprinting, mobile computing, geospatial clouds, geospatial data mining, location privacy, and location-based social networking. It also includes new chapters on application areas such as LBSs for public health, indoor navigation, and advertising. In addition, the chapter on remote sensing has been revised to address advancements--